Unit 22 - The Big Fish  (Jonah)

 
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                                                       Unit 22 - The Big Fish  (Jonah)

 
Phonograms
storm
 threw
 sea
 need
 noise
 head
Short Vowel Words
 ran
 ship
 lots
 let

Bible Words
 Jonah
 preach
 Nineveh
 

Multisyllable Words
 inside
 upon
 sorry
 uncle

Soft G Words
 huge
 bridge

Verbs
 stay
 stays
 staying
 stayed

W-a Words
 walk          was
 wash

Verbs
say
 says
 saying
 said

 sail
 sails
 sailing
 sailed
 


                                                     The Big Fish

             God told Jonah to go and preach, but he ran away from the Lord.   He sailed on

 a ship.  There was a great storm.  They threw Jonah off the ship and into the sea.  Then 

 he was inside a huge fish.  He prayed.  God saved him and he went to preach to the

 people of the great city of  Nineveh.
 

                                                             Spelling Exercises

1. Write5 spelling words in which the letter s has the sound of /z/.

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2. Write the word which has the sound of soft g.  /j/ _________________________

3. Write 5 verbs that show past tense.

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4. Write  threw. _____________________________ Change thr to bl, n, cr, kn,

     f, and st  to make 6 new words.
 

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5. Write  the Bible words 3 times.

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                                                     Use the Verbs

Choose 2 verbs.   Write one declarative sentence. 
          Write one interrogative sentence. 

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This story about Jonah and the big fish can be found in your Bible in the book of
Jonah, chapters 1-4.
 

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